Results of a recent study revealved that in the UK, around 95% off all vehicles would be drastically damaged if they were in the blast zone of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP). Around 85% of all vehicles in the States would grind to a halt also. The research, which was commissioned by habia cable management producer Hellerman Tyton, showed that almost all cars would cease to work and cost thousands to repair if they were in an EMP blast zone.The newest EMP blasts are capable of taking out any electrical equipment within a 250 mile radius, but Hellerman Tyton have said that very few countries have this level of EMP technology.

Electromagnetic pulses work by generating such a large electrical current that it fries all semiconductor components in electrical devises beyond repair. What this means is that all semiconductor-reliant hardware, such as televisions and cell phones would have their internal system destroyed. Most cars now also include a large range of electrical systems to help them run and would lose function of all of its heatshrink products. As most of us are heavily reliant on vehicle for work and everyday life, the economy of an effected country would be hit hard. For this reason there are many countries continuing their research into EMP weaponry.

The conductors of the research also added that the government’s new vehicle scrappage scheme will soon add even more vulnerable cars to our roads. The latest cars to be produced have have record numbers of electrically reliant systems. Their new technology makes them more functional but ultimately more vulnerable to these sorts of attacks.  Even the new beacon lights being fitted to a lot of cars will no longer work if they are subject to an EMP burst. Because their will always a demand for cars to be up to date an include the latest gadgetry, we are only going to become more vulnerable unfortunately. We can only really hope that no one decided to use an EMP bomb any time soon